Video SEO: How to Verify Your YouTube Channel

Today, I’ll show you important video SEO tips that helps you to verify your YouTube channel. People are confused with this, because there are two different things related to verification, one is most important and one is just for brand purpose.

Although both video SEO techniques that helps you in video ranking and making you a brand. First one is verifying your YouTube Name and the second is verify your YouTube account.

Here I discussed about both of them and share some tips that helps you to verify your channel and getting much more advantages.

Watch Video: How to Verify Your YouTube Channel

Types of Verification in YouTube

Verify Your YouTube Name

Verify Your YouTube Account

How to Verify Your YouTube Account for SEO

First of all, here I discussed about how to easily get verified YouTube account via your mobile phone. This thing helps you to use many other features of YouTube which are not available for non-verified users. Some of them are:

Appeal Against Copyright Strikes

Use Custom Thumbnails

Upload Videos Long Than 15 Min

So these are many other features you can use only when you verify your YouTube channel. So follow the steps below and getting verified channel.

Step 1 – Open YouTube & Sign In Your Account

Now first of all, open YouTube into your browser and Sign In your YouTube account.

Step 2 – Go to Your Account Setting

Click on the top right corner on your photo, and go to your account setting. Simply click on the “Gear Icon” or YouTube setting.

Step 3 – Go to Additional Features

Now click on the additional features link and go to the other page.

Step 4 – Click on the ‘Verify’ Button

Here you can see the verify button just behind your photo. Simply click on it.

Step 5 – Choose Country & Verification Method

After that, you’ll see two options, one is choosing your country where you live and second one is verification method.

Step 6 – Enter Your Mobile Number

After choosing your country and method of verification, simply enter your phone number in the field given and click on the submit button.

Step 7 – Enter 6-Digit Verification Code

After submitting the phone number, you’ll receive 6-digit verification code on your mobile phone number soon. Just remember this code and enter it into the field and press Submit.

Step 8 – Confirmed You’re Verified

Now you’ve successfully verify your YouTube account. Your account is fully verified by YouTube/Google. You’re able to use all the features of YouTube for better experience.

I hope you may like this and fully understand this ultimate guide. This is called “Verifying YouTube Account” . But if you want to verify your YouTube name then read below.

How to Verify Your YouTube Name

Verified name means that people or places or companies which are uniquely identified. Like you seen the verified account on Facebook pages, Twitter accounts or even Google+ that makes a brand far more credible and useful to other visitors & your followers.

So YouTube also provide the feature to make your channel “BRANDING” by verifying it. If your YouTube account name is fully verified, then it make a sense and it tell to users that this page is authentic.

But the question: how do you make your YouTube channel a BRAND?

When YouTube verified your name, it will show a little verification badge just after your channel name. This badge shows that your page is fully authentic, professional and uniquely identified. Just look out the Google Official page below:

So this badge helps you users to identify your channel. Almost all YouTube creators want to trying to get their own channel name verified.

But unfortunately, just like Facebook, Twitter and all other social media sites, you can apply for this directly to YouTube team and they check your brand and then verified your name. Google also review your channel according to their different terms and conditions.

Google Suggested different things to do if you want to verifying your YouTube name.

First connect your YouTube channel to your Google+ page.

You Google+ page must be authorized by your company name, product, or brand.

Verifying your website with Google+ as well as YouTube separately.

You must have a substantial / large number of subscribers on your YouTube channel as well as your Google+ page.

After that, just wait for sometimes, because Google check your status and then decide it is compulsory that for you to verifying your name and make your channel a “BRAND”.

I hope that you like this article and it might be useful for you to verifying your YouTube channel name. If you want to find out more other tips and guides, feel free to comment below and I’ll reply you as soon as possible.